TWO MEN FALL FROM WHARF
FATAL END TO “SKYLARKING.” By Telegraph.— Press Association. Auckland, November 12. At the inquest on Albert Baker, aged 64, a ticket collector employed by the Devonport Steam Ferry. Company, Alexander Russell, a fireman on one of the company’s steamers, stated that he and Baker were skylarking during the lunch hour when Baker stepped back, tripped, and fell over the side of the wharf. He got hold of Baker until he obtained help, and Baker was lifted out of the water. Witness said that Baker and himself were on the very best of terms. Other evidence was that death was caused by head injuries. A formal verdict was returned.
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 November 1929, Page 5
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